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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-1991

NIXPKGS-2026-1991
published 7 hours ago
Insufficient input validation of internal web server
Permalink CVE-2026-42005
4.3 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
  • Attack Vector (AV): Network (N)
  • Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
  • Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
  • User Interaction (UI): None (N)
  • Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
  • Confidentiality (C): None (N)
  • Integrity (I): None (N)
  • Availability (A): Low (L)
  • Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Network (N)
  • Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
  • Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
  • Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
  • Modified Confidentiality (MC): None (N)
  • Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
  • Modified Integrity (MI): None (N)
  • Modified Availability (MA): Low (L)
updated 7 hours ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
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    4 packages
    • home-assistant-component-tests.namecheapdns
    • pdns-recursor
    • pdnsgrep
    • pdnsd
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  • @LeSuisse published on GitHub
Insufficient input validation of internal web server

An attacker can send a web request that causes unlimited memory allocation in the internal web server, leading to a denial of service. The internal web server is disabled by default.

Affected products

pdns
  • <4.9.16
  • <5.1.2
  • <5.0.6

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pkgs.pdns

Authoritative DNS server

Ignored packages (4)

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